Carrot Easter Deco Mesh Wreath

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Step 2:  Reinforce the frame work, by wrapping multiple layers of wire around the original frame. Continue to add the horizontal sections, but create a tighter frame by adding vertical sections as well, creating a grid pattern. As you can see, I also added a handle to act as a hook for hanging, as well as to attached the tulle “leaves” to the top. In hindsight, I would recommend creating a tighter grid – I found that the size of sections still left gaps that were difficult to fill – a tighter grid would mean a tighter packed wreath and less gaps.
 

Carrot Easter Deco Mesh Wreath

Although it’s hard to see, given my most awesome photography skills, I also bent the wreath to convex down the center, arching to top of the frame, giving the wreath more of a 3-D effect.

Step 3: Cut your deco-mesh into 12-36″ strips. I give a range, because you really want to work with the natural curls of the deco mesh, as found when you unravel it – it really makes it much easier to work with. To start with,  Cut your orange pipe cleaners in half.

Step 4: To begin, use a 12″ strip to weave in the orange deco-mesh strips starting from the bottom and working up. To do this, fold over the first inch of your strip and attach a piece of pipe cleaner to provide a tidy end to work with.
 

Carrot Easter Deco Mesh Wreath